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<identifier>USGS-earthquakes-us2008adaf.Q.20081203T034025.380Z</identifier>
<sender>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/contacts.htm#us</sender>
<sent>2008-12-03T03:40:25+00:00</sent>
<status>Actual</status>
<msgType>Update</msgType>
<scope>Public</scope>
<references>USGS-earthquakes-us2008adaf.7.20081203T021011.477Z/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/contacts.htm#us</references>
<info>
<category>Geo</category>
<event>Earthquake</event>
<urgency>Past</urgency>
<severity>Unknown</severity>
<certainty>Likely</certainty>
<senderName>U.S. Geological Survey</senderName>
<headline>EQ 4.9 Lae, New Guinea, PNG - PRELIMINARY REPORT</headline>
<description>An earthquake with magnitude 4.9 occurred near Lae, New Guinea, PNG at 01:52:21.43 UTC on Dec 3, 2008. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)</description>
<web>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008adaf.php</web>
<contact>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/contacts.htm#us</contact>
<parameter>EventTime=2008-12-03T01:52:21+00:00</parameter>
<parameter>EventIDKey=us2008adaf</parameter>
<parameter>Version=Q</parameter>
<parameter>Magnitude=4.9</parameter>
<parameter>Depth=48.7 km (30.3 miles)</parameter>
<parameter>HorizontalError=11.6 km</parameter>
<parameter>VerticalError=16.3 km</parameter>
<parameter>NumStations=27</parameter>
<parameter>NumPhases=27</parameter>
<parameter>MinDistance=390.8 km</parameter>
<parameter>RMSTimeError=0.87 seconds</parameter>
<parameter>AzimuthalGap=118 degrees</parameter>
<area>
<areaDesc>76 miles (123 km) NE of Lae, New Guinea, PNG; 126 miles (202 km) W of Kandrian, New Britain, PNG; 139 miles (223 km) ESE of Madang, New Guinea, PNG; 248 miles (399 km) N of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea</areaDesc>
<circle>-5.920,147.734 0.0</circle>
</area>
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